Alert Ready
Record-breaking climate disasters reveal cracks in Canada’s alert system
Pelmorex received an administrative licence renewal Aug. 8 for its system — publicly known as Alert Ready — by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), with no public consultation.
Delta, B.C., mayor calls for snow alerts after storm clogged roads for hours
A Metro Vancouver mayor is calling for the B.C. government to review its snow removal contracts and consider using its emergency alert system to better inform drivers of dangerous road conditions.
B.C. government prepares for flooding when drought inevitably ends
The British Columbia government says it's ready to deploy sand bags and tiger dams in case flooding follows the ongoing drought.
B.C. to issue alerts for future heat waves
A two-stage heat response system will be introduced in British Columbia to help people and communities stay safe as temperatures rise and the threat of a deadly heat-related emergency increases.
Severe weather emergency alerts should be improved: Guilbeault
Emergency weather alerts that are broadcast over the mobile network should be improved to make sure they are getting to the right people at the right time, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
B.C.'s Alert Ready system in place for pending storm
British Columbia is prepared to use a national emergency alert system ahead of what could be the most intense rainfall since a storm two weeks ago devastated communities and destroyed critical infrastructure, the government announced on Sunday, November 28, 2021.
More evacuations in B.C. as Sumas River floods
Residents of another handful of properties in Abbotsford, B.C., were ordered to evacuate late on Sunday, November 28, 2021, night while some others were placed on evacuation of alert due to the continuing flood threat.
Technology exists to fix design flaws of the 'Alert Ready' system: experts
The technology exists to fix some of the design flaws in Canada's mobile emergency alert system that was tested last week for an Amber Alert issued in Ontario, some experts say.